Weather-strip



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E. RAN PH. Weathe r1p Patented May 31, 1881.

V .XAAA I W C M V v UNITED STATES PATENT Ormcez.

EDMUND RANDOLPH, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

WEATH ER-STRI P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,154., dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed June 28, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMUND RANDOLPH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the countyof Sangamon,in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips adapted to prevent cold winds, rain, and snow from driving into the house under the outside door; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' The object of my invention is to prevent either rain, hail, snow, or wind from passing into the house by or under the outer doors, which is fully accomplished by the use of my improvement.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents the weather-strip complete on the closed door. Fig. 2 represents an end view of the weatherstrip on a closed door. Fig. 3 represents an end view of the weather-strip, the door being open. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section of the door, weather-strip, and sill, the door being open. Fig. 5represents the metallic strip which holds the weather-strip to the door. Fig. '6 represents the weather-strip apart fromithe door. Fig. 7 shows one of the pintles-; t tpon which the weather-strip is hung.

This invention, relating to weather-strips, consists of the following parts and combinations: A metallic strip from two to two and one-half inches wide, and of a length equal to the width of the door, and about one-sixteenth of an inch in thickness, is formed to the shape represented at F,Fig.6. Atoneendof weather strip, at right angles thereto, is attached a quarter-section of a cog-wheel with three or more teeth, as shown at B, Fig. 6, and at the opposite end, on the same side of the weather- (No model.)

strip, at right angle with the strip, is attached a section of a wheel of the same radius as that shown at B, Fig. 6. At each edge of the door, as shown at A A, Fig. 1, is fastened a metallic strip, (see also Fig. 5,) by means of screws or the like, and the end or pintle C, Fig. 7, of the metallic strip fits into the ends of the segments or quarter-wheels upon the weatherstrip, as shown in Fig. 6 at 00 and y, and acts as an axle upon which the weather-strip turns. Into one end of the carpet-strip or door-saddle, as shown at E, Fig. 3, is fitted a straight metallic strip having two or more notches, d and e, and three or more teeth, a, b, and c, Fig. 3; and into the notches of the metallic strip in the saddle, Fig. 3, the cogs of the section of the wheel B on the end of the weather-strip works, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, causing the weather-strip to take the position shown at F, Fig. 3, when door is open, and when door is closed to take the position shown at F, Fig. 2.

Letter H in Figs. 2 and 3 represents a small spring or latch placed on the door, just above the weather-strip, to hold the weather-strip up against. the door, out of the way when the door is open.

7 I claim-- 1. The combination of the door grooved in its lower edge, the weather-strip curved substantially as shown, the hangers B, one of which is cogged, and the rack-plate arranged in the sill, all substantially as shown and de scribed.

2. Thecombination of the grooved door, the weather-strip and its actuating devices, and

the spring and catch H, all as specified.

EDMUND RANDOLPH.

Witnesses JNo. D. KEEDY,

EZRA W. WHITE. 

